Meanings
nounclippie (plural clippies)
plural clippies · alternative clippy
- UKslangA bus conductor.
And yet, in the last decade, women in trousers have ceased to be […] functionally invisible. (I can’t remember if clippies wear trousers or skirts, these days; that’s what I mean by invisible.)
1975, Angela Carter, “Trouser Protest”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 144
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From clip + -ie, in reference to clipping tickets of passengers.
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Rhymes with clippie
MississippihippyskippyzippytrippysippyslippychippyyippienippysnippydippydrippyflippylippyrippypippywhippyshippystrippyZippie
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APA
clippie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clippie
MLA
“clippie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clippie. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clippie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clippie.
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